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VOL. 4, NO. 52 MIRROR, ALTA., OCTOBER 29, 1915 5 CENTS PER COPY 


NAMES OF STREETS Melvin Olson was a business) 


visitor in Red Deer this week.) ly a Pastor of the Methodist 


‘50 BUSHELS NO. 1 TO THE ACRE| 
ALTERED Mrs. Olson and son accompan- Church at Red Deer, and recent 


ted: hich, Kdward Goater, living two|of the grain was taken from jy Secretary of the Y. M.©, A 


Calgary, and well known thro- 
up to the summer fallow as far} ughout Alberta in athletic cir- 


Rev. Robert Pearson, former- 


MIRROR’S SOLDIERS 
DOING WELL 


tiles West of Mirror, reports/old ground and did not come 
rs, D. ‘hi “ee | 4 , , 

ave: De eeuorniven esi or my ja very fine yield of wheat this 

age Council was held on Mon-| Sons are away oun week's visit | Yen’ ° Wor 88 deren of “Marg 


day afternoon last andaccounts | ° Wainwright, Alberta, tis whoat he threshed 2,300 
totalling $715.71 passed, the! The Officer commanding the! bushels of grain, 15 of the 85 
main items being Iumber for) 51st. Over Seas Battalion C. EB.) acres was summer fallow, and 
sidewalks and labor in connec-| F, intimates that 125 men are| the returns show that a yield} by J. F. Flewwelling, Mirror. 
tion with the liying of same. required to bring the Buttalion | of 50 bushels to 

R. L. vretty was appointed up to full strength. This is one 


A special meeting of the Ma The many friends and ac- 


quaintences of all those who 
“nore wase on. | cles, has ey 
as bushels per acre was concern has enlisted with the new]) 0. eniicted from 


ed. The wheat all graded No, 1| 88th battalion at Calgary. and district will be pleased to 


and was bought by the car load At the October sittings of the |) Dow that they are all in the 
i District Court at Red Deer on 


Tuesday of last week, one hun- 
dredapplications for naturaliza- 


this town 


land of the living and making a 


the acre was| Mr Goater states that this is name for themselves. 


obtained from this particular | the best crop on an average for Word has been received that 


auditor for the village. of the older Battalions in eed ig of ground, The balance! the past 20 years. ‘ awhile Sis Chives ihe ate Age vy ‘aa haa 
By-law No. 15, a by-law to/ Province, and expects to be) mee: ieinininiae al Fedele ‘Bedke oF the epi sy a te eat ahh inthe RN. 
alter the names of the avenues | moved Across to the Old Coun- | LOC feast PMO idaanad eons Vv. om and waka? in soy Py a 
to numerals received its third! try within a very short time. AL FIRM SHIP CATTLE. EAST : We cousin anda visitor here last 
and final reading. ‘ rial A ela Hk AG thai | j adjourned ri me rejected, year bas received a commission 
The changes authorized are | they are addressed to the rend: | Beamish & Co. of Mirror,|to be able to ship in the neigh! A ven Mb heey biennale the Irish Guards. H. P. Crit- 
as follows: er. lare doiug quite an extensive] borhood of 35) cars before very hy tetas hig ah asylum tall is sth a course in ss iL 
Cook avenue to be First avenue Nurierctind eporte.of thieving ni ie aig in cattle buying and}long. The live stock bought so ad aye a vic oat bridge I ght sith will as- 
reopen Pi hit UD |have been received, and if the Oe rah lh eiliery have far has been AI, and commnnd Sars Ganiind att 4 bulla x i” Rona r haan Raton Wate 
2 Mak egert Bes ¥ parties concerned continue on peninpes Re he ae oe ed a good price on the Peg mar- of brick fire vO re thr tone t ta a galbenalndeaeo a vith 4 
Carroll  Wourth ©“ tlt shame hak ean HE gat as W het a The ren sa ‘ene ty Os roughou “ie anita lat penn 
ses “ . ifth af : stock was purchased in the vie- : ' and is assisting in the training 
igs we “Sixth ‘ Tae pat puatondie uhh ‘a inity of Mirror and pointssouth. cae & Co. are yikes xt Labeeh ey seeds ee up ~ a : of raw sgdenes at ital Bra- 
Walle! < Maventh | | It is the intention of Beam-|>¥ cattle and hogs at all nid warn) of the total weight of a car! nk Harvey is a Lance-Corp oral, 
Wilson “ “« Bighth “ Beare Saat “ish & Co. to continue buying|#nd will give the highest mark- of western gi flax. A sam-| and W. Whitford isa Sergeant. 
Kenealy “ Ninth i k behets weet WANS Bi Dat for some time, and they expect|et price available. ple kd ine geile over 25,900! Fred. Day who was one of the 
Ethan “ “ Tenth “ | and are In # position to give da- —_ $$$ - : bushels of wheat, contained tirst to enlist isa Lance-Corpor- 
Seward “ “* Eleventh “ tana to grain yields, aie bes vill only 92.6 percent. by weight of }al and doing duty in the Old 


sera Begun [ester astaer on hots] LOCAL NEWS OF THE WEEK |r. somsintr ve Cone. duos ant i 
edd 8 RS cere: ae pe (be ing made up largely of weed| MacKirdy are with the band. 
ar rtee ’ 

quantity, quality of the crops, | seeds. Such arethe statements! Pigy lav ‘has. Durr- 

Watson “ «Fourteenth : i ‘ | Miss Mollie MacKiray, who, At the whist drive in the Lib- ca : Floyd Merkley and Chas. Durr 
Esther “ “ Fifteenth “ and any other particulars that) F embodied in a pamphlet issued] ant are somewhere on the other 
3 = : ; by the Seed Branch of the De-| side. while Myrl Hart has bee 
Northcliffe boulevard to be |two years and a half, left on |evening of last week, the prizes | 3 Ee cara: oe FAN 5 os side, while mn rl Hart ha * n 
. =; ar went of Agric ret -|j a firing ; a for > 4 ., 

South boulevard. |" Thursday of this week for her| Were won by Miss Forestell and P 8 in the firing line for some time 


‘ a ‘ire as i ‘un: tawa, and that can be had grat- wee 
Whitefriar'’s boulevard to be nal sity ulates in Canada and home in London, England. Johu Kehoe. ; / = Te a a 
North boulevard the United States. uitously by addressing the Pub- f rence 
or ‘ 


| hus been living here for st|rary building on Wednesday 
might interest the public and | Ate been. Lee vet> hr con pet . ; 


prospective settlers. The Jour- 


There will be no service tHe A veguilar meeting of the),. |. : Tawra t | 4 
. ; ° 5 ‘ cr a} Je is tobe held early next 
BLACKL#&G is becoming preva-| lications Branch of the same phi y 


| St. Monica’s Church next Sun- Royal Neighbors was held last 


‘ 5 ¥ . > in Montreal, which may 
lent in the neighborhood, Save Ag abies Elin “ety deparment month, in Mon y 
Work on the new creamery as : isk day. ednesday afternoon and two have an important bearing on 
your SLOCK dV usiny ackley | ny , ial ie a's Py . ~ . 
at Camrose has commenced. It Vacei Parke D = pene The Journal wants all the| 2@W members initiated. For SALE. — Folding buggy|the terms of peace, when the 
: accine—Parke Davis & Co’s, : i os 
is expected to be open for busi- j sree : 3 news, particularly local events Ralph Stone who has been|for baby. Apply at JOURNAL] war is over. It is hoped to 
and Culter’s. .. Eaton's price, | | 


ness in January. all the time, and anyone who| working for F. Guy Pym for | office. make a decisive move for the 


$1.50 for 10 doses ;:my price, |) a eit f ; ti led I 
} knows the particulars of such | some time, was ¢ 2 : 
=191.00 for IO doses. (ae « p cuk rt such | so ne, was called home to 


Panrucker& Holland received | recovery of Palestine for an- 


H. J. RAYMER SE OM NF ERG | Occurrences us make good news|Grimsby, Ont., on account of la carload of apples this week.| cient people. 
would confer a great favour on | the serious illness of his father. | — = : —-— 
NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEYANCE: o oOUCcCcCCcCc*"“"“"*“*(*7"9" == LBS b i : | 
Real Estate, Loans and A | the chiet signi pusher of this] Harvest Thanksgiving servi-| —— eget retained 
Insurance—Fire, Life, Accident nnouncement igs bag if they would phone| eg, were held in St. Eee 


MIRROR, ALBERTA ee, jor call at the office. 


| Church on Sunday last. The | [ h R ali d N 
| ; | 
A complete stock of Confec-| Mrs. James Steele, who has} Church was suitably decorated | e ex all 77 


been visiting with Mrs, F. Tul 


tionery, Fruit, Soft Drinks, ete., 5 . -|for the oecvasioa by the ladies. | 
Dr. G. W. Meyer : : : : loch for several weeks, left on] Ay i | 


These Two Lines of Remedies 
will be installed in the Mirroi 
M. D., C. M. 


e 
, ‘ , » Mirror : ; t appropriate sermon was) R d Are Considered to be the Best 
Bakery on ornear the 25th of Wednesday for her home in| preached by the Rector, Rev. | eme 1€S i i : 


Pp Rev. Manufactured in America 

HYSICIAN AND SURGEON ‘ ; zi, 4 Bhar etek ts Ore tee MS aoe ee en Sa Bt is 
Office at house, opposite | October ; will also handle Alix Kilmonton. Holdom. . aa Sass 

English Church. invond: | Hallowe'en comes on Sunday| J. W. Pringle left today (Fri-| THE REXALL Factories ave owned by the Rexall 
inaet the Slat-thie weap : ; : Stores, the Nyal Factories partially so. In this 
SE RET —= erags ; ’ : day) for Rivers, Manitoba, whe- way there is no wholesale or middleman profits, giv- 
yj ee ee Bashaw stands eighth on lists|"@ he will will be emyloyed in | ing the aouanines : ma er eatert A age vee for 

| q T ra we > } ; 

4 : Ry aT p uth Alcitiaed | money spent. {| The Rexall and Nyal Remedies are 
of Alberta returns for work ae- the G.T. P. shops. “Dad's” xen | manufactured in scientific laboratories by expert 
complished and money raised |i#l countenance will be missed | chemists and are sold at the one most honest and re- 

: ye pa i i i > Drug Store in the community. © Do nol con- 

; \Ra suk ental in Mirror. Good luck to yez! liable Drug ’ 5 fete’ 
by’ tne Bad: Oross-Bqotaty, ; 5 Medrap y found these remedies with the junk sold by peddlers, 
| ‘The Ladies’ Aid of the Metho- The judicial sale of the south | who know nothing of Chemistry, Drugs or of the 

a j Z , H ixtures ay se {| There is a Rexall or Nyal 

: aoe ger ae ae west quarter of sec 0, tw mixtures they sell. ; vy. 
dist Church, Mirror, will give a 1 et ack of section | ie) | temedy for almost every human ailment.* If its 
Harvest Thanksgiving supper 41, rge 22, W. 3th, resulted, we) Headache, Cold, ee ian aN PNR yspepri™ 
roe 4 Thypeday | Understand, in the disposal of | Biliousness, Rheumatism, Lame Back or any o 1e 

* + ae : Lip Radleca silk an ‘Thiveday, the land to Chas. Estell | numerous ailments, there is a remedy for it at amod- 
Following varieties: Grime’s Golden; evening November 4th ; admis- and to Chas, Hstell at the) erate price. When not feeling fit just get the remedy 
Spitzenburg ; New York Wine; Jonathans ge reserve price, viz., $1600. suited to your condition and save yourself exhorbi- 
; lt ; 
‘ | taunt wnd useless doctor bills. 
. and Baldwins : | Miss Doris Johnson returned 


The aurora borealis or north- 


9 }ern lights have been strikingly from Red Deer this week, 
No. | Ss, $2.35 a Box | brilliant during the past two where she underwent an oper- CHAS. L. SUGGETT, P. ti, Aes Phm. B. 


w eeke and their fantastic waves| tion for nose trouble. Druggist and Chemist - . Mirror, Alberta 
Ontario’s ; Spitzenburg ; Jonathans and land flashes have been witnessed We extend a weleome to Mr. ah 
Wagner's : | by many citizens. and Mrs. Chas. Sweet and son, | 


aa eee aatel 


9 | Miss L. Levin, school teacher and Mrs. Sweet's mother, Mrs. 

0 S 2 25 a Ox lat Sehultz’s school, I5 miles Krow, all of Edmonton, who| 
= | Sy : 

? * ‘north of Mirror, spent last Sat- have taken up their residence | 


ECONOMY CRATES, Orchard Run urday and Sunday with Mr,and in Mirror, They have leased | 


: THE NAME D t ] ON YOUR 
Stock, 55 Ibs. gross weight. In Canada Bald- Mrs, J. A. Johnson. Miss Levin | # house on Fifth avenue north. e ava 


wins ; Jonathans ; Wagner’ 8: is a niece of Mrs. Johnson's. H, Edgar, who lives six site Cream Separator means a great deal to you, — It 


H.J. Raymer has been ap-| North West of Mirror, will hold means that you have the 


E % y) * i. Best Separator 
conomy rates 4 pointed appraiser forthe Mirror | hold an auction sale of farm mide, It means that if, will P 
? ° 


Bs get every nickle’s worth of Cream out of your 
district for the Canada Perma-) stock, implements, household 


| Milk, and will do it for years without causing you 
The above Apples are all Choice Stock and inent Mortgage Corporation, a goods ete., at his farm, on oe 
Prices are Reasonable. strong financial institution. _ day, November Sth, 1915, J. 
ee eed Sin Lalk, who disposed of ' Rohrer, of Stettler, isthe ai e- 
PANRU : his quarter section about five tioneer. 
CKER & HOLLAND miles north east of Mirvor, to} Founp.—A number of a 
MIRROR | Ben Sutley, contemplates leay- | ener Owner prove property” 


J. F. FLEWWELLING, Mirror 
ing for California in the near | and pay for this notice, Ap aly 
| future. |JouRNAaL office, | we VO VS VE VSBVTVTVE OUD 


any annoyance or expense. — It will work for you $ 
wice a day the year round and never kick. The 
price of DeLaval Separators will be advanced Novem- 
ber Ist, next. If you need aSeparator think this 
over and buy a DeLaval this month. 


THE JOURNAL, MIRROR, ALBERTA 


How War Affects 
Young Canadians 


Capt. Pequegnat Says Experience 
Makes Them Much Finer Men 


Because he wag with the Ist Field 
Ambulance at the time the first Can- 
sina expeditionary force Was mak- ROT nn Ta 
ng history at Langemarck, many in . 

@ lange audience at the Central y,|Vast Sum Spent by Russians 
M.C.A., Toronto, expected that Capt. | 
Albert J. Pequegnat, who has been 
invalided home as a result of gas 
smothering, would have given graphic War Began 

details of thet terrible battie. But} It is not too much to say that the 
the captain left the telling of the aw- | Official recognition of the Red Cross 
fulness of that grim struggle “to the | as an international association was 
heroes whom God would spare to re-'due principally to the active sup” 
turn.” Capt, Pequegnat had come to} port of the Russian government. The 
speak of the war, but his story dealt; idea of universal charity and the 
mainly with the work of the Y.M.C.A,| brotherhood of man in the presence 
representatives among the Canadian |Of suffering is an idea peculiarly at- 
troops from the time they entered Val-,tractive to the Russian tempera- 
cartier until a few weeks ago. Brief-|ment. Russian literature, as is well 
ly put, and there was no suggestion known, is essentialy a literature of 
of egotism, it was a story of selfden-|humanitarianism and sympathy. Ali 
jal and heroism of a sort which many|the great Russian writers, such as 
months back made the Y.M.C.A, of-|Tolstoi, Dostoieffsky, and Turgeniev, 
ficers indispensible to the Canadian |are apostles of mercy. 

“Tommy.” The morale of the men had Certain phases of Russian official 
improved as a result of their work,/history have shown a different ten- 
and to be a Christian in warfare, said|dency, but beginning with the en- 
the captain, is a man’s job, and sold-|lightened Alexanaer I, Russian court 
iers knelt at their bedsides in pray-| circles from the commencement of 
er morning and night. When the/the last century have given effective 
war was over many would return | support to all schemes of interna- 
better men than when they left. It|tional relief work. Before Florence 


Rapid Growth of the Red Cross Since 


ees ee 


A BRIGHT TOBACCO OF 


was a comparatively easy matter 
now to get soldiers to think of 
sviritual things. Gathered together, 
they wonld sing such old songs as 
the “Old Folks at Home” until tears 
would come into their eyes with 
thoughts of loved ones. Then the 
boys were in a mood for a good 
straight talk. To the 12th Rangers, 
Captain Pequegnat paid a high tribute 
when he said no one could find a bet- 
ter bunch of fellows. Canada had the 
extreme honor to be the first Y.M.C.A. 
to be recognized by the British war of- 
fice and now over 200 military Y.M.C. 
A. officers were with Kitchener's 
army. 

Capt. Pequegnat, in describing the 
trenches at the front, could not very 
well escape touching on what he call- 
ed “the other side.’ He _ pictured 
himself, his heart quaking as bullets 
kicked up dust here and there around 


him as he walked, proceeding one 
night to a double row of trenches 
from which the Germans had that 


morning been driven. Even the solace 
of his guide that it would only be a 
chance shot which might get him, 
was of little comfort. In the second 
German trench were bodies of Ger- 
mans and many British, and it was 
here the captain relieved a dead Ger- 
man officer of his helmet, which he 
kept as a souvenir. Sixty yards ia 
front was the first line of the advanc- 
ing British trenches and twenty-five 
further on the German trenches. The 
Huns were then striving to drive 
back the Britishers, and between the 
two trenches were bodies of dead of 
both sides. When night came Brit- 
ish soldiers crawled on hands and 
knees and with hooks on poles risked 
their lives in dragging in their’dea: 
and wounded comrades. That the 
Germans had used the bodies of their 
own slain as barricades there was no 
doubt, and, said the captain, the 
German goldiers are fit for anything. 
Capt. Pequegnat was on the field of 
Langemarck. The captain was among 
those who ministered to the Canadians 
after the battle, and to one touching 
incident he made reference. Lance- 
Corporal Occomore, of the 48th High- 
landers, killed by gas, died in his 
arms. To a parish priest he applied 
for a spot in the graveyard of the vil- 
lage church in which to bury the Can- 
adian soldier. The priest, without the 
least hesitation, told the captain he 
could have as much ground as he 
wanted for the Camadian dead, and 
promised that their graves would be 
tended forever. Such was the fame 
Canadian soldiers had earned for 
themselves on the battlefield. 


To Spend $24,000,000 
Feeding the Civilians 


French Chamber Passes Bill Provid- 
ing For Purchase of Wheat and 
Flour 


The French chamber of deputies has 
passed a bill carrying an appropria- 
tion of $24,000,000 to be used in the 
purchase of wheat and flour for feed- 
ing the civil population. The limit of 
such purchases is fixed at 209,000,000 
francs. 

The bill authorizes prefects under 
the control of the minister of com- 
merce to requisition wheat and flour 
in France, and enpowers the minister 
of commerce to make purchases in the 
colonies pr abroad and to distribute 
supplies according to the needs. The 
measure also creates an advisory com- 
mittee. 

The new under secretary of war, 
Joseph Thierry, who is called minister 
of supplies,” speaking in favor of the 
bill, frankly admitted that there had 
been waste and disorganization in pur- 
chasing army supplies, but he assured 
the chamber that re-organization was 
well under way. 

An attempt by the Socialists to in- 
ject a rider creating a government 
monopoly of grain, was defeated by 
a vote of 264 to 138. 


A tight old citizen in a country vil- 
lage on having a subscription list 
handed him toward purchasing a new 
hearse for the place, thus excused 
himself: 

“I paid five dollars for a new hearse 
forty years ago, and me and my folks 
hain’t had the benefit of it yet.” 


Safe and Sure 


and famous for their prompt 
and certain eiticnde-are 


Beecham’s 


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Nightingale, Russian sisters of char- 
ity were at work on the battlefields 
ot the Crimea. Russia assisted the 
Swiss Dunant to found the Interna- 
tional Red. Cross, and there has 
been no war since then to which the 
Russian Red Cross has not sent its 
doctors and its white-robed sisters. 


Serbia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, 
Greece, Abyssinia, the Transvaal, 
China, all can bear witness to Rus- 


}silan humanitarianism. 


At the beginning of the war the 
Russian Red Cross established 48 
base hospitals, 37 stationary hospi- 
tals, and 33 field ambulances with a 
capacity of 13,000 feds. Two months 
later the number of beds had increas- 


ed to 35,000 divided amongst 177 hos-} 


pitals. To this were added 6 motor 
ambulance detachments, 6 X-ray es- 
tablishments, 2 hospital trains, and 65 
field dressing stations. The personnel 
now comprises 766 doctors and sur- 
geons, 483 medica: students, 2,635 
nurses and 10,000 litter bearers. In 
addition the Russian Red Cross has 
put over 4,000 sisters at the disposal 
of the minister of war. 


The amount of money disbursed 
amounts to nearly $25,000,000. In 
fact, expenses have exceeded re- 


ceipts, and the deficit has had to bo 
covered by a bank loan on Red Cross 
security. 

Other 
have 


Russia 
work 

and 
been 


organizations in 

also contributec t the 
of relief. The municipalities 
provincial Zemutvoes have 

»specially active in this respect. The 
municipal unions, representing 385 
cities, is maintaining 53,000 beds, 12 
hospital trains, and 120 food depots 
for 450,000 wounded. The union of 
Zemtvoes is keeping up 175,000 beds, 


has contributed 17,000,000 shirts, 
2,000,000 socks and has expended 
$13,000,000 in tne. purchase of linen 


and other Red Cross material. 
Lessons Taught by War 
The longer the war goes on the 
more intelligible ought to become to 
us the reasons which convinced so 
many Germans that Great Brita’n 
was a decadent nation, and could not 


and would not gurvive as a_ great 
power the shock of war. There 
were all-important factors whic 


they blindly left out of account; but 
who will say that they were with- 
out excuse in their reasoning or that 


they were wholly wrong? The war 
soon revealea the joints in our 
armor—military, social and  indus- 


trial—and the long strain has made 
some of them gape so wide that it 
tags seemed almost as if the armor 
itself would lose all power of pro- 
tection. Most thinking Britons knew 
that the faults were there, but they 
trusted that the general soundness 
and good sense of the people would 
carry them through, little guessing 
10W enormous would be the pressure 
to which they were to be subjected.— 
London Daily Telegrapl. 


End Not Doubtful 

We have all of us lost much, we 
shall many of us lose more in the 
ghastly tragedy of this struggle. The 
end may be still far distant, But it is 
not doubtful. Man will master th. 
machine whatever havoc it may work 
‘efore the control from which human 
folly and human wickedness has re- 
leased it is again decisively re-assert- 
ed.—London Daily News and Leader. 


Exodus of Chinamen to be Facilitated 

Owing to the number of Chinamen 
in Britush Columbia who are out of 
employment, and their willingness to 
go home to China for fear of being 
unable to return here within the statu- 
tory twelve months, an order-in-coun- 
cil has been passed extending the per- 


iod of absence allowed to six months | 


after the termintion of the war, 

A large number will now leave for 
China, thus relieving the. situation at 
the coast, 


Want Liquor Regulations Extended 


The severe liquor regulations in the 
munitions areas in England are hav- 
ing some beneficia, results and many 
demands are arising that they be x- 
tended to other parts of the country, 
particularly that an anti-treating or- 
der be appiile| to London for the sake 
of the enormous bodies of soldiers 
constantly passing through, 


Commander—What's his character, 
apart from his leave-breaking. 
Petty Officer—Well, sir, this man ’e 
ashore when 'e likes; ‘e comes off 
when ’e likes; 'e uses ‘orrible language 
when ‘e's spoken to; in fact, from ‘is 
eneral behavior, 'e might be an of- 
r.”. 


. 


Toys Allowed to Pass 
Johnny Bull isn’t hard-hearted. His 
decision to let ships bearing toys from 
Germany to go through should make 
Lim. lots of sympathizers among the 
little folks of the United States,— 
Brooklyn Eagle. 


Asked—Did Bob make any money 
on that chicken farm he bought? 

Tellit—Did he? Why, he cut it up 
into building lots and sold the chicken 
coops for bungalows! 


Vacant Lot Gardens 


——-- 


Excellent Resuits Secured, but Precau- 
tions Against Weeds is Required 
Reports fiom various cities and 

toWus in Caaau. as to tne cultivation 

of Vacant iots indicate that tue cam- 
paigu imaugurated iast spring for 
ste.cer piouucticn ind More extensive 
use of Vacuul iaud has been a success. 
veveral cities have handied the vacant 

.ot problem in a systematic manuer, 

and hove secured 1esultgs commensur. 

ate to the amount of energy expended. 

Some, by allowing interest ‘to jag, 

aave been only partially successtul. 

in others, also, ciicumstances milicat- 
ed agaist success in that anemploy- 
ed mien took Up the cultivation of vac- 
aut ivts, and, upon securing empioy- 
ment, negiecte. them. On tne waole, 
however, tae movement can be re- 
garued as a distinct succebs. No esti- 
mate of the value of the product is 
availabie, but, judging from the en- 
thusiasm of some of the vacant lot 
gardeners, the total value is large. 
There is one danger from the vacaat 
lat garden, however, to which atten- 
tion must be drawn, namely, the 
growth of noxious weeds in the newiy 
cultivated land. Too often, on the re 
moval of the crop, the ground is given 
over to the weeds. Organizations 
handling the vacant tot work should 
give the matter of weed destruction 
early attention; otherwise, the lots | 
will not only pzove a menace to the 


French Praises Cavalry 
Of the Dominion 


Declared They Played Notable Parts 
in Great Battles 
“He is a grvat \'ttle man. 
tle change im him since 
Atrican days.” 
This is how a Canadian emigration 
officer serving in the Second King 


Field + 


I see lit- Austria to send 


th. Soutn 


Britain and cer allies, 


—uward'’s Horse describes Sir John 
erenca after his inspecti-. of the 
Canadian cavalry. His narrative 
shows what severe experiences the 
cavalry has recently undvrgone in the 
front une as an uniiounted force, and 
also the .arm commendation their 
bravery has received from the Com- 
mander-in-cnief. The letter, dated 
August 26, already censore , says: 
“We feel that great events are close 
at hand. Every man wants to share 
in them, We teed so well that I find 
some difficulty in making my tunic 
button up, which is rathe sad, and 
certainly uncomfertable. 
“Gen. Frenea’s speech, 


country. 
the house of commons 
Great Britain was 
be drawn still closer to the allies, this 
ly significant. 


Military observers agree 
harder blow has been struck at Tur- 


Could Put Over 300,000 Soldiers in the 


In refusing to aliow Germany and 
munitions of war 
through Roumania to ‘lurkey the Rou- 
manian government gave strong proof 
of its friendly attivude towards Great 
This has now 
been followed by similar action oa th» 
part of Bulgaria, King Ferdinand hav- 
sng assented to a ministerial decree a 
few days ago forbidding the passage 
of war supplies to ‘Lurkey through his 
Viewed in the light of Prem. 
ier Asquiths outspoken remarks in 
to the effect 
preparing to give 
tinancial assistance to one or more 
neutral countries which were likely to 


step by the two Balkan states is high- 
that no 


to us has| key than this cutting off of her sup- 


land in the vicinity by the spread of 
weed seeds, but create antagonism to/| 
the movement on the part of the cc-/| 
cupiers of the neighboring land. 


Zl MADEN CANADA 


tVIAGIC 
BAKING 


Superstitions in Serbia. 
Many Curious Customs Practiced in 
Serbian Villages 


It is not surprising to iearn that the 
plucky Serbian soiaiers Carry on to 
ine battiefieiu all manner of curious 
mascots, for our smMaliest Aliies are a 
very superstitious race. In the Ser- 
bian Viuages tne inhabitants practice 
many curious customs by means of 
which they urnmuy believe that they 
can ward-off evil and bring for them- 
seives good fortune. At certain sea- 
sons Oo: the year Serbian tarmers 
make small crosses with special trees 
and throw thom on the vineyards and 
helds as a protection against hail- 
storms. This custom is generally ob- 
served on April 24, St. George's Day, 
when Serbian ladies aiso evoke the 
aid of charms as a meang of improv- 
ing their looks. The girl who wish*s 
a white face places a pouquet of flow- 
ers under a white rose tree and allows 
it to remain there for a night; where- 
as those who prefer rosy cheeks piace 
blooms under a red rose tree and in 
the morning the flowers thus “charm- 
ed” are thrown into their baths, 

Serbian women who wish to have re- 
vealed to them their destined hus- 
bands have a curious supper table 
custom. They put aside the first 
and iast érumbs of bread, Lind these 
together with a piece of wood, and ley 
the whole under their pillows, The 
future husband is then said to appea’ 
in their midn:ght dreams, and as he 
may be across the sea the piece of 
wood is included in tne charm to serve 
him for a boat. 

In some Serbian districts every mas- 
ter of household drives a lamb to 
church one day each year. A wax tap- 
er is lighted and fastened t the head 
of the animal, and it is taken to the 
church door. The priest then recites 
a prayer ove. the lamb, in which he 
asks that the business of the owner 
may prosper, At the conclusion of the 


{ceremony the animil is killed, its flesn 


being roasted and eaten by the own- 
er’s family, whilst the skin is pre- 
sented to the priest. 

The Serbians are very superstitious 
over .nimais, and they have a practica 
of forecasting the future by means of 
the shoulder pone of a roasted sheep 
or pig. The flat part of the bone is 
said to predict peace or war; if clear, 
and white, peace; if rather dark, war. 
Near the upper part of the bone are 
some small holes which, according +» 
their size and position, are termed 
“cradles” or “coffins,” and foreshado> 
jor or sorrow, 

On the eve of <t. Barbara's Day in 
Serbia it is a .ustom to boil e smal 
portion of every species of grain in a 
pot over a ~yood fire. In the morn- 
ing the surface of the graia is criti- 
cally examined, and should it be un- 
even it is thought a good omen, The 
grain is then thrown in :poonfuls into 
a neighboring stream, and if threo 
wishes are asked for they are always 
said to be granted.—Tit-Bits. 


Great Britain’s per capita coal con- 
sumption is about three times as 
great as that of France. 


Cockshutt Gasoline En 


| Overseas Dominions, at the 


greatly cheered everybody. Address- 
ing the Canadian Cavalry Brigade the 
general sad: 


“I 2m very clad of the opportunity | ¢fort 
because | enemy, 


to come here this morning, 
I want to tell you how very highly 
I appreciate all the services you have 
rendered. All the troops from Can- 
ada have shown & very magnificent 
example to the whole empire in yvol- 
unteering to come here. Ia doing 
so you performed perhaps the great- 
est service of all, that of rivetting to- 


gether the bonda that bind our great |eVery indication that the newly elect- 


empire, bond. that 


severed, 


can never bye 


“Surely in this great service of the|@d, and its attitude 
head of Laving a tremendous influence with 


them all comes Canada, I wish to 
express my appreciation of the splen- 
did manner in which you responded 
to the call early in the year when you 
arrived from .sngland, and the tre- 
mendous losses suffered by this 
Canadian cavalry brigade by giving 
up your horses and coming out here 


| to serve, 


“*The third great service you have 
rendered is the greatest since you 
have been here, namely the promin- 
ent part you took in the pattle of 
Festubert, where we not only gained 
considerable ground, 
large quantity of material. 


ing record, and up to a few days ago 
you have been doing very hard work 
in the trenches. 

“I take this opportunity of express- 
ing to Col. Seely my great apprecia- 
tion of his fine werk. On many oc- 


casions he gave my most valuable in-| 


formation, and never spared himself. 
My personal thanks are due to him. 
“It is not 
been with the Canadian cavalry. I 
was with them five or six years 
ago, and little thought that the next 
time I should be talking to them 
would be here. Well, I only wish 
to tell you ‘ow much I appreciate 
the splendid work you 
You have earned the 
the whole empire. 
“‘One special word I wish to say 
on-a subject that has come to mv 
knowledge. I believe before you 
left England there was some under- 
standing that you would get your 
torses within a certain time. I am 


gratitude of 


quite sure you are prepared to leave | 


it to my judgmert. I am most 
anxious to see you mounted as cav- 
alry, but the time has not yet come. 
Whenever that time does come, then 
1 will see what fine cavalry soldiers 
you are. I am quite confident that 
whatever you are called upon to co 


in the future will be nobly carried | 


out. Your records will go down to 
posterity as one of the most splen- 
did in English history. 


“‘I hope every officer, non-com- 
missioned officer and man of the 
Canadian cavalry brigede will un- 


derstand that I personally offer you 
my most grateful thanks for the 
work you have done, ” 

Shilling a Week For Prisoners 

It was hoped some time ago that 
one shilling a day would be paid Can- 
adian prisoners of war in Germany, 


but as the army council have decided | 


to allow only one shilling a week to 
British prisoners of war irrespective 
of rank, and ag it is absolutely neces- 
sary to treat British and Canadian 
prisoners alike, the Canadian govern- 
ment have askec the war office to ar- 
range for prisoners to get this amourit 
also. Prisoners when required to 
work are paid 11 cents a day by the 
German government. 


Good Citizenship 

Every intelligent individual in Can- 
ada and in the United States knows 
almost intuitively what good citizen- 
ship is, what it stands for. 
citizen is, of course, the useful citizen, 
who takes pride in his village, town, 
city, state, province and nation; who 
is true to himself and to his neighbor; 
who fulfils his civie as faithfully as te 
does hig business and family duties; 
who pays willing and cheerful alleg- 
iance to the public; who is jealous for 


out captured a) 
Then at, 
Givenchy you kept up the same fight-| 


the first time I have | 


have done. | 


plies, and tho prediction is made that 
Austria will attempt to force a pass- 
age to the Turkish border. Such an 


war from both Bulgaria and Rou- 
mania, 


hope of gain is in actively opposing 
the Teutons und their ally. There is 


ed parliament of Greec> looks at it in 
that way, so far as Greece is concern- 


Roumania and Bulgaria. The latter, 
military observers believe, will throw 


tain railway concessions that Turkey 


garian government. 

If Bulgaria should enter the war on 
the side of the alics it would be ina 
position to put between 300,000 andi 
400,000 first class soldiers in the field. 
While the populetion is only 4,400,000, 
about 2,600,00 less than that of Rou- 
mania, a very lerge proportion of the 
male population is trained to fight an 

the women are ready to take the 
places of the met in all-kinds of domes- 
tic work. The Bulgarian navy, 
course, is of little importance, as it 
consists only of a torpedu boat or two 
and a few small steamers, But it 


Bulgaria that wouk. mean so much to 
the allies it would be the ease wit 
which allied forces could pass over 
Bulgarian territory to the Dardanelles 
(hat would count most. With such a 
passage at their dis; tal the British 
ind French soon would be in posses- 
sion of Constantinopie.—Daily Tele- 
graph, St. John. 


Harry—Paw, what Is a henpecked 
husband? 

Paw—A man whose nerve is in his 
wife’s name. 


ST. VITUS’ DANCE. 

Hamilton, Ont.—‘‘While I have not 
had occasion to use Dr. Pierce’s Golden 
Medical Discovery, | have observed its 
ood effects. My brother used it for 
St. Vitus’ Dance. A neighbor recom- 
mended it and brother began taking it 
at the age of ten. He had tried different 
remedies but they did not help him per- 
manently. We used ‘Golden 


he had no return of his trouble. 
nineteen and has been well 


St., Hamilton, Ont. 


cient to make 483,000 matches. 


pons the body—divided among bones 
esh, nervous system and other organs 


perfect balance of the elements. 


them, 


} 


tism—gout—heart trouble. 
| hungry ery of starved organs. 


nutrition into condition of hi 


Medical Discovery, 
favorably known 4 


address Dr. 


Invalids’ 
Buffalo, N. Y. ‘ 


Pierce, 


nearly 


' 


its interests and rights; who is ready, | coated and easy to take as candy. 


when called upon, to make sacrifices 
for the general welfare.—Christian 
Science Monitor. d 


Little Edward’s twin sisters were | Change 


being christened. All went well until 
Edward saw the water in the font. 


Then he anxiously turned to his moth-| Roys! Naval Air service, both with 
rasj,ect to pevsonne! and material, the 


er and exclaimed, 


BRITAIN’S AIR SERVICE 


Made 
Growth 


would result in disaster to tLe 
for the slightest offense in this 
direction would bring a declaration of 


It will not be surprising if 
these nationg lose little time in enter- 
ing the coihict anyway, for it must 
be plain to them now that their only | 


undoubtedly is 


‘ its lot with the allies in spite of cor- 


is reported to have made to the Bul- 


of 


would not be the military strength of 


Discovery’ for about three months and 
He is 
since,”— 
Miss Marcarer Happow, 227 Murray 


A HUMAN MATCH FACTORY 


The body contains phosphorous sufli- 


Phos- | that 
phorous is one of fourteen elements com- 


But if the stomach is deranged—the 
balance of health is destroyed and the 
blood does not carry the proper ele- 
| ments to the different organs, and there 
is blood trouble—nerve trouble—rheuma- 
Pain is the 
2 Put the 
liver, stomach and organs of di npg and 
th. That 
is just what is done by Dr. Pierce’s Golden 
which has been so 
f I nearly 50 years. It 
is now put up in tablet form, as well as 
liquid, and can be obtained of medicine 
dealers everywhere or by mail by sending 
The go.d | 50 cents in 1c. stamps for trial box— 


Hotel, 


Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets are the 
original little liver pills first put up 
ly 50 years ago. They regulate and | )U 
invigorate stomach, liver and bowels,| Western Canada this year, it is about 
Much imitated but never equaled. Sugar. | time 


Owing. to Its Rapid | must 


pan TA SST 


CHEW “PAY ROLL” TOBACCO 


THE FINEST QUALITY + + 10 CENTS PER PLUG 


Non-Agricultural Lands 


Present Waste Land Should be Utiliz. 
ed For Growth of Timber 

Optimistic as We have been in the 
country, we seom to have been unable 
to see any value worth caring for im 
our nonmagricuiturai Jands. Our vision 
was broad enough years ago, when 
we heard of agricultural lands in the 
Peace River Valley, to recognize that 
such lands, while unused at the time, 
would within a decade or two grow 
crops and support a population, We 
may look across the futur, to the time 
when our far northern mineral doe- 
posits, thoug. inaccessible and incap- 
able of development at pregent, wiil 
develop centres of industry. But we 
travel daily across the nvn-agricul- 
tural, logged areas and burned-over 
lands which surround many of our 
most densely gettied communities and 
lie across our transcontinental rail- 
ways and we 3ee in such lands no as- 
set. This attitude is poth dangerous 
and unfair to the country. We must 
realize that our present stands of me 
chantable timber cannot support our 
growing industries indefinitely. The 
growing American demand for fores: 
products, to which in a very few de- 
eades will be added . much greater 
market in Europe than now exists, will 
Very rapidly wipe out our eastern mer- 
chantable forests. Even now, New 
Brunswick, speeded up by foreign 
markets, is cuttlig each year from 
crown lands more than the annual for- 
est growth.—H. R. MacMillan, at 1915. 
Annual Meeting of Commission of Con- 
servation. 


~_— 


NoteYour|Increase' 


InWeight 


oe 


By making the 
blood rich and red 

Dr. Chase's Nervo 

Food forms new 
cells and tissues and 
nourishes the starved 
nerves back to health 
and vigor. 

By noting your in- 
crease in weight while 
using it you can prove 
positively the benefit 
being derived from 
this great food cure, 

60 cents os bex, all dealers, or 
Edmanson, Bates & Co,, Limited, 


Value of Alfalfa 


Among Other Recommendations 

Said to Destroy Canada Thistle 
Curse 

Alfalfa is pot a curzail. It will 

not cure all the ills to which man- 

kind ig heir, but it is making quite 

a record as a remedy for a number 


is 


of trying conditions. It assured.y 

) will greatly improve impoverished 
Medical | soils. It will lessen the evil of 
Spending farm earned money for 
nitrogenous feeds. It will cure the 


trouble that comes from feeding un- 
balanced rations. It will cure the 
mental habit of believing that only 


one crop @ year may be taken frcm 
the ground. It will cure the expe i- 
liture of thousands of dollars for 
nitrogen. Recently it was averred 
the tincture of alfalfa would 

cure the blues. Wheth.: that is 
, | ue or not, most cases of blues 
_|come from a flat pocket book, 


The perfect health of body requires a | °, at least the cerulean hug is muca 
These | Mitigated by the rosy glow of a cash 
elements come.from the food we eat— | 42k balance, such as results from 3 to 
the stomach extracts and distributes | tS of hay to the acre 


And now 
comes cumulative evidence that alfalfa 
will cure the Canada thistle curse. 
No little space is annually given in 
farm papers to alleged remedies for 
this widely distributed weed troubie, 
but no one has yet been devised 
which is more effective and more 
profitable than an alfalfa field seed- 
ed over the thistle patch. We know 
it is a sure cure. It is sometimes 
impossible to get the men after the 
thistles with scytae or iwower, but 
th> meadow must be mowed, and 
continuous cutting, together with 
the smothering of the thickly: 
annoying plants, will finish «that 
Presa field pest.—Breeders’ Ga- 
zette. 


Crop Exceeds All Expectations 

When one of the leading millers 
of the country speaks of a 300,000,000 
bushel wheat crop as a posaibility for 


that the public woke up to a 
realization of the measure of success 
which has attended the present sea- 
son's operati.ns. It has far exceeded 
what the most optimistic of us dared 
to hope for, and the stimulus which it 
give the country will influence 


our whole future to an enormous ex- 


Owing to the rapid expansion of the | *°8+—Edmonton Journal. 


Stranger—Seventeen years ago I 


“Ma, which one are you going to| admiralty has decided to place it un-|/#2ded here in your town broke. If 
der the dizection of a flag officer with |*®t7¥ck you fo ra dollar, You gave it 
the title of director of the air service, |'® ™&, Saying you never turned a re- 


heep?” 


Stovepipes shoulé be thoroughly 
cleaned of soot before being used iu|has been selected for this appoinc- 
the autumn, not only as a precaution; ment. Commodore M. F. Sutter, the 
against fire, but because the soot acts | present director of the air service. will 
as an insulation, and keeps the pipe|be in charge of the material side of 
Instead of the heat radiating | the naval aeronautical work, with the |M 
from a warm pipe, it is carried up the | title of superintendent of aircraft con- 


cool. 


chimney and ~‘asted. 


Rear-Admiral 


atruction. 


C. L. Vaughan-Lee | West like that down.” 


Citizen (eagerly) —Yes? 
Stranger—Well, are you still game? 


+e 


“There, there!” said Mrs. Blue 
yrrh, picking up Ler little boy, who 
had hurt his toe, “don’t cry. Be @ 
man, like mamma!” 


Always Ready and Dependable for a Dozen Kinds of Work. See the COCKSHUTT AGENT 


ane 


gines ° 


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¢ 


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ATTRACT IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA 


THREE MILLION IMMIGRANTS IN PAST 15 YEARS 


A Booklet Issued by the Minister of the Interior gives some 
Interesting Facts and Figures Concerning the Immigration 
Work Carried on by the Dominion During the Past 


Canada has expended thirteen and 
a hait million dollars in the past fit- 


teen years on immigration work in 4ll| th 


vaveb of the world and the result has 
een a direct increase in populatio . 
by new arrivals of about three miliion 
are This, and a whole more 

formation concerning immigration 
work is contained in a very interest- 
ing little booklet issued by the direc- 
tion of Hon. W, J. Roche, minister of 
the interior, called “Immigration 
Facts and Figures.” 

Immigration has been encouraged 
from the British Isies, the United 
Btates and certain Kuropean coun- 
‘tries, but, of course, at present the 
campaign is not being carried on in 
Germany, Austria, Finland or Ruasia. 
Southern Europeans or Asiatics have 
not been wanted at any time, 

There are various ways in which 


the attractions of Canada are set | 000 


forth to the prospective emigrant. 
Regular agencies are established, 
Newspaper publicity, distribution of 
pamphlets, exhibits of grains and 
other products; and in Great Britain 
exhibition wagons are sent around 
through the country districts. In the 
United States exhibits are made at 
the big fairs and expositions. In 
Great Britain and Europe arrange- 
ments are made with steamship and 
booking agents, whereby a bonus is 
paid for the emigrants which are di- 
rected to this country. Records in the 
pamphlet go back as far as 1897, but 
in the majority of ‘nstances they are 
not complete for all that period, as 
more detailed and accurate informa- 
tion regarding new arrivals in the Do- 
minions are -constantly being intro- 
duced, 

During the past 15 years there was 
a total immigration of 3,050,000, the 
largest number from any country be- 
ing those from the British Isles, 1,159,- 
628; with Americans a close second, 
1,058,000. Of the remainder the Aus- 


tro-Hungarians, which include the 
Galicians, numbered 200,000; Ger- 
mans, 98,000; Italians, 119,000, and 


Russians 97,000. These are the round 
figures. 


U.S. Flee: Can Traverse 
Panama in a Day 


Proof of This Afforded in Handling 
of Naval Practice Squadron 

Proof that the entire present main 
American battles’.ip fleet, made up cf 
four divisions of five ships each and a 
flagship, a total of twenty-one, could 
be passed through the Panama canal 
in one day. has been afforded by ths 
handling of the Naval-Academy prac- 
tice squadron in the canal locks on 
its way to and from the Panama Pa- 
cific Expovition. 

The squadron, .composed of the 
battleships Missouri, Ohio and Wis- 
consin, the largest warships which 
have so far used the canal, were put 
through the locks at Pedro, 
and Miraflores, the Missouri and Ohio 
simultaneously in parallel, wtih the 
Wisconsin directly in the rear. 


Patriotism and Prices 


Necessary That the Producer Should 
Receive Fair Prices 

Patriotism and production was the 
label on the campaign that employed 
the leading men of the country in the 
work of teaching the farmers how io 
grow better crops. 

Patriotism and prices might be the 
label on a campaign that could em- 
ploy the leading men of the’ country in 
the work of teaching the farmers how 
to get better prices for the crops they 
have grown. 

Farmers know as much ‘about 
raising crops as they do about selling 
crops. Outside wisdom helped the 
farmer to raise crops, Outside wis- 
dom might help the farmer to sell 
crops. The patriotism and production 
campaign will be discredited if the 
farmer is to receive no more money 
for the long crop of 1915 than he re- 
ceived for the short crop of 1914. 
That result may be the inevitable out- 
come of the workings of the Jaw of 
supply and demand. Fair prices for 
the fruits of the harvest are almost 
as essential to the prosperity of a 
country as is the fertility of that 
country’s flelds. A multitude of coun- 
scllors can at least do something to 
dispel the superstition which repre- 
sents the farmer as the victim of man- 
fpulation which seeks to reduce prices 
for the benefit of speculators.—Toron- 
to Telegram. 


Business Will Boom 


Pessimists Will Receive a Severe Jolt 
This Winter 

British war orders of $280,000,000 
and French, Italian and Russian con- 
tracts amounting in all to as much 
more, we may put the total money 
coming into the country and alreauy 
here as not less than half a billion dol- 
lars. To this colossal amount must 
be added the value of the western 
wheat crop, the biggest in the history 
of the Dominion. 

These two facts mean one thing 
only, namely, that business is bound 
to boom in the fall and winter. It 
fe impossible that such vast sums of 
money should be coming here without 
influencing business enormously for 
the better. That is the answer to 
those pessimists who say that the 
coming winter is going to be without 
parallel for distress, unemployment 
and general hard times. Those firms 
which have pr served an optimistic 
outlook through the tight money and 
slack business period following on 
the outbreak of the war, are going 
to reap the advantage of their pluck 
‘and energy. Companies and individ- 
uals who have kept the flag flying in 
the lean times just after the com- 
mencement of the war and who have 
consistently kept themselves in the 

blic eye, are the ones who are ging 

get the ——, soon when the 
times 


Miguel } 


Hasterners have a pleasing habit 
telling the people west of the lakes 
at money which is spent on immi- 
gration is a direct contribution to the 
filling up of the west and that we 
should be correspondingly grateful to 
them for allowing the money to be 
we eet  * 

glance a e figures given re- 
garding the destination of the tmmi- 
Fron shows that the eastern prov- 
ms got about half of the new arri- 

There {s one class of immigrants 
that is directly beneficial in a finan- 
cial way—the Chinese. In head tax 
the Orientals have paid very large 
amounts particularly in the four years 
+ i | 1910. In that year the re- 
ceipts ere $2,257,000; 1911, $3,041,- 
000; 1912, $3,539,000; 1913, $2,639,000; 
while last year there was only $577,- 
. This money is collected from 
ro Chinaman at the rate of $500 per 

ead. : 

While there have peen over three 
miliion people admitted, it must not 
be inferred that all who make appli- 
cation are allowed to take up their 
residence in the Dominion. In the 
past 12 years there have been 123,- 
500 rejections for various reasons, 
ranging from sickness or lack of 
funds. Even after admission has 
been gained there have been during 
the past dozen years over 10,000 
people rejected. 

.In classifyng the occupations of 
the immigrants it is shown that those 
ftom the British Isles and others from 
the continent are about equally divid- 
ed between farmers and general lab- 
orers, as there were a little more 
than 500,000 of each. A very great 
majority of the Americans who have 
come across are farmers, there being 
almost a half million, while the labor- 
ers do not total 200,000. 

There are a great many compari- 
sons that can be deduced from the 
little booklet, which contains a lot of 
interesting information for those who 
might be inclined to give a little study 
to the material from which the future 
Canada is to be constructed. 


of 


Considerable Impetus 
To General Trade 


Canada's Prospects 


Eulogized 

The London Observer has a lengthy 
article eulogizing the financial position 
and prospects of Canada. It says: 
“The Canadian harvest news igs much 
liked, and is naturally having a mat- 
erial influence on prices. With a big 
surplus and high prices current owing 
to the Dardanelles being still unforced 
the Dominion should greatly benefit. 
Moreover, it ig distinctly encouraging 
to learn that a considerable impetus 
has been given to general trade, and 
that the volume of orders from sun 
try districts is increasing largely. 

“The immediate result is that Can- 
adian Pacific and other Canadian rail- 
road secuirties are making headway, 
and business is becoming more pro- 
nounced. The Canadian Pacific re- 
port gives timely reminier of econo- 
mics being practised, and furnishes 
evidence of the confidence of the di- 
rectors in their roads for the future. 

“Owing to crop conditions and the 
period of enforced economy, severe 
curtailment is unnecessary. The out- 
lay has helped to place the Dominion 
in a position to benefit decidedly from 
ayy inpouring profits, whether from 
war munitions, trade or the sale of 
foodstuffs.” 


Are Warmly 


Wolves Aid Germany 

. A Paris correspondent writes:— 
“Wolves as Germany’s allies is sure- 
ly the last word in the war, but this 
has liberally happened at the Chateau 
de Monjustir, which lies midway be- 
tween Vesoul and Villersexel, about 
twenty miles from Belfort. The place 
is famous for its breed of horses, and, 
in spite of government requisitions, 
there are still some left. One night 
last month four of the horses, while 
grazing in a field close to the chateau, 
were attacked by wolves, and, after 
being chased for hours until they were 
nearly dead from fright and exhaus- 
tion two were killed, the others being 
badly mutilated. The wolves had 
been driven from the Argonne or the 
Vosges by the military operations. It 
is nearly sixty years since a wolf was 
last seen in this part of France, and 
the inhabitants are now so terrified 
that they will not venture out of doorg 
after nightfall.” 


Good Humor 

Our good allies, the French, have 
been astonished by the light-hearted- 
ness of the British Tommy. However 
heavy the casualties, however weari- 
some the duty, however imminent the 
danger, our soldiers have never lost 
their power to sing and chaff and 
laugh. As a matter of fact this power 
is the quality of the people. The typi- 
cal working class Briton meets adver- 
sity with a smile, and bad luck with 
an unconquerable determination to 
make the best of things. Dickens dis- 
covered the humor of England, Eng- 
land at its greatest was “Merrie Eng- 
land.” The British tried and proved 
by the war must be a “Merrie Eng- 
land” once more.—London Daily News 
and Leader. 


To the Manufacturers 

But for the promptness, as well as 
courage, of the Canadian soldiers, the 
road to Calais would have been lot 
to the Germans on more than one_oc- 
casion. In order to hold what they 
have commercially, and to gain more 
territory, Canadian manufacturers in 
this hour of opportunity with their 
rivals of other nations in the quality 
of goods they turn out, they must be 
able to make as good, or a little bet- 
ter, time to the goal. And they 
better, time to the goal. And they 
can't afford to lose cut by failure to let 
it early be known that they are on the 
way.—London Advertiser. 


Better Prices 


Banking and Business Interests 
Should Co-operate With the 
Farmers 


of 
thought advisable by all present to 
make a public statement advising the 


grain on their farms, and, in this way, 


ee 


Kor Crops 


While it was recognized that the 
matter of giving advice on the selling 
grain is a difficutl one, it was 


farmers of Western Canada, as far as 
possible, to store a portion of their 


spread the marketing of it over the 
next eight or ten months, rather than 
place it in immense quantities upon 
the market in the next few months 
with the certainty—as far as the pres- 
ent outlook is concerned—of bringing 
prices to a considerably lower level. 

Lake and ocean boat space is more 
scarce than in previous years; rates 
for such space are higher than ever 
before; rates of exchange between 
this country and Europe are also more 
adverse than they have even been and 
undoubtedly the flooding of the mar- 
ket with grain immediately after 
threshing will mean that these charges 
which ultimately have to be paid by 
the farmer, will go higher than ever. 

It was thought advisable to publicly 
request the co-operation of the banks 
and business interests generally in the 
matter. Their co-operation might take 
the form of extending the time for pay- 
ment of liabilities that farmers might 
have to such banks or business inter- 
ests, rather than to force the farmers 
to sell their grain at a sacrifice in or- 
der to meet liabities falling due in 
October and November. The banks 
particularly by taking advantage of 
the powers recently conferred could 
meke advances to farmerg on the se- 
curity of grain on the farm, 

If this method of marketing can be 
followed, we feel certain that it will 
result in a greater monetary return for 
the crop to°the farmers of Western 
Canada than will otherwise obtain, 
and it seems apparent that such a re- 
sult will be a direct benefit to every 
business interest in the country, and 
at the same time will insure a steady 
flow of grain sufficient for the needs 
of the empire. 

More leistvrely marketing of our 
grain has always been advocated by 
the leaders of the farmers’ organiza- 
tions and we make this statement at 
the present time for the purpose of d}- 
recting attention to this very import- 
ant matter at a period when our crop 
is just beginning to move. We believe 
that if farmers follow our suggestion 
in large numbers that the result will 
prove that the scheme is far more 
practical than any other that could be 
suggested to insure a fair return for 
the crop. 

Signed on behalf of the farmers’ or- 
ganizations. 

Jas. Speakman, Pres. United Farm- 
ers of Alberta; P. P. Woolbridge, Sec. 
United Farmers of Alberta; John Ma- 
harg, Pres. Sask. Grain Growers’ As- 
sociation; J. B. Musselman, Sec. Sask. 
Grain Growers’ Association; R. C. 
Henders, Pres. Manitoba Grain Grow- 
ers’ Association; R. McKenzie, Sec. 
Man, Grain Growers’ Association; C. 
Rice Jones, Pres. Alberta Farmers’ Co- 
operative Elevator Co.; Chas. A. Dun 
ning, Gen. Manager, Sask. Co-operative 
Blevator Co.; T. A. Crerar, Pres. Grain 
Growers’ Co., Ltd. 


Facts and Figures of War 


The British Empire is Now Nearly 
One-third Larger Than Before 
the War 
The population of the world is var- 
iously estimated at between 1,600 and 
1,700 millions, and over 963 millions 
(or more than half) are now at war, .n 
that they are subjects of, or under 
the protection of, states now engaged 
in hostilities. Of this total, 421 mil- 
lions, or nearly one-half, are subjects 
of King George or under British pro- 

tection, 

The land surface of the earth (in- 
cluding all the waste places, such as 
the Polar regions) is estimated at 55,- 
500,000 square miles. More than half 
of the world, in this geographical 
sense, is at war, the territories, col- 
onies and protectorates of the nations 
concerned totalling 28,916,000 square 
miles. 

Of the ygixty nations usually given 
in the list of nations of the world, 
nineteen are at war or directly con- 
cerned in it. 

The British empire, before the war, 
comprised 11,454,862 square miles, ex- 
cludi Egypt, the Soudan and Cyp- 
rus, which were technically Turkish. 
The empire has increased by some 
2,826,000 square miles, or nearly one- 
third, during the first year of the war. 
This figure includes the Camerons, 
the conquest of which is not yet com- 
plete, and is a Franco-British enter- 
prise, so that the territory will prop- 
ably be divided. 

The new territories captured, in- 
corporated in the empire, or added to 
our sphere of influence, are ,in square 
miles: 

Egypt, 400,000; Soudan, 984,000; 
Cyprus, 3,500; Arabia, 1,200,000; Ger- 
man Southwest Africa, 322,450; Togo- 
land, 38,700; Cameroons, 191,200; Ger- 
man New Guinea (including Kaiser 
Wilhelm’s Land, the Bismarck Archi- 
elago, and the Caroline, Pelew, Mar- 
petmay§ groups of islands), 100,000; Sam- 
oan Archipelago, 1,050. 

Of the Arabian Peninsula, the Aden 
Protectorate (about 9,000 square 
miles) belonged to Great Britain, Tur- 
key owned about 436,000 square miles, 
and the remainder comprises huge de- 
serts, sparsely inhabite¢ by normal 
tribes. It has a total population of 
gome 4,870,000, P 


ee 


The farmer with the golden in is 


the man who is to be envied year. 
Alberta farmers are am the most 
fortunate people on the of the 


earth and likewise among the best.— 
Calgary Albertan 


The Allies Playing 
Gigantic Game 


Russian Retreat and the Delayed 
Western Drive 


questions a great 

of the world . a8 boa asking, “What 
about the drive of the allies on the 
west front?” 
tion, it was very easy to ask, espec- 

as it had been looked for to start 

ay. As the Russian retreat con- 

tinued and daily seemed more danger- 

ous, the question became more and 

more persistent. As the fall of War- 

Saw became certain many thought the 

blow in the west would be struck to 

Save the Polish capital. But, it has 

often been argued that the fall of War- 

saw ia not nearly go serious as many 

people imagine and that the further 

the Germans penetrate into ‘Russia the 

more nearly impossibte will be their 

return, It is said that the German 

army is on its way to Petrograd and 

that Russian is preparing to transfer 

the capital to Moscow, as France 

transferred her capital to Bordeaux 
for similar reasons, The drive toward 

Paria and Calais had the double object 

of capturing those two cities and split- 

ting and smashing the French army— 
especially the latter, It was a mighty 

costly failure. §0, the German drive 

in the east, the most powerful, most 

extensive, and so far most successful | 
launched by Germany and Austria, has 
the two fold object of capturing sever- 
al of the most important strategic 
positions at very heavy sacrifice. They 
are pushing onward toward Petrograd 
and using every known tactical move 
to drive a wedge through some point 
of the Russian line. Time and again 
they have used every force at their 
command to push through and isolate 
a large section of the Russian forces. 
Never have they succeeded, even in 
the smallest degree. Further and fur- 
ther they follow greedily in the trail 
of their wary and formidable foe, get- 
ting daily more distant from their 
base and more dangerously involved in 
the enemy country. 

Now, since the outbreak of the war, 
all countries involved have been in-| 
venting and developing the greatest 
possible engines of destruction for 
their own use, ag well as all possible 
means of protection against the ene- 
my. It is rumored in many circles 
that England has recently perfected 
and satistactorily tested an enormous 
cannon far superior to anything of the 
German army—a 17 inch gun with a 
range of twenty-five miles. It is also 
rumored, the allies in the west have a 
number of these guns with ample am- 
munition and that all is prepared for 
the long expected western a‘ive as 
soon as the proper time arrives. None 
of the warring countries is anxious for 
a second winter campaign. Many emin- 
ent thinkers are looking for an encr- 
mous effort on the western front at al- 
most any time now. One thing we 
may rest assured of, there is a thor- 
ough understanding between the allies. 
They are playing a gigantic game and 
each of the allies is fully posted as to 
all moves of the others. So, when th; 
German drive against Russia has 
reached a predetermined point we may 


‘ter would have to follow suit. 
‘when he refused a conference he re- 


RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WAR IS 


SHOWN 10 REST ON GERMANY 


GERMANS TRY TO CONCEAL DAMNING EVIDENCR 


British Foreign Office Replies to Recent German Statements, im 
Which the Latter Have Endeavored to Place the Blame 
Ft for Their Humiliating Position on Other Nations 


In reply to recent German state- 
ments some to the origin of the 
war, the British foreign office issued 
the following: 

“First—The Germans maintain that 
the reason which led to the rejection 
of the 1 sored for a conference was 
the mobilization of Russia. In Paper 
Number 43 of our White Book, Sir 1. 
Goschen (British ambassador at Ber- 
lin) reported a conversation with the 
German secretary of state, reiusing 
a conference. 

“The secretary of state said that 
the suggested conference would prac- 
tically amount to a court of arbitra- 
tion and could not in his opinion be 
called together, except at the request 
of Austria and Russia. He maintained 
that such a conference was not prac- 
ticable. He further said that if Rus- 
sia mobilized against Germany the lat- 
A3 


ferred to the possibility of Russian 
mobilization it cannot now be. main- 
tained that the reason for the refusal 
se the fact that Russia was mobiliz- 
ng: 

“As a matter of fact, the proposal 
for a conference was made July 26, 
1914, and was refuced by Germany 
July 27, 1914, while it was not until 
July 31 that orders were given for 
a general mobilization in Russia. On 
that day Germany presented an ulti- 
matum to Russia requiring an under- 
taking that within 12 hours the Rus- 
sian forces should be demobilized. 

“Second—Doubt is thrown in Ger- 
many on the assurance we gave Bel- 


French Airmen Use 
Liquid Air Bombs 


It Has Contributed Largely to Success 
of Recent Raids Over German 
Positions 
A well known French avictor de- 
scribes how a 60 year old professor of 
science joined the air service as sub- 
lieutenant to try ou* a new liquid rir 
bomb he had invented. A member of 
the Academy of Science and an officer 
of the Legion of Honor, the professor 
offered his bomb free on condition 
that he be allowed to direct the first 
military trial, but as the regulations 
forbid anyone, save a member of tha 
army, taking war flights, he promptly 
volunteered and received a commis- 
sion. He took the observer's seat in a 
biplane during operationg near He- 
buterne and accurately dropped a 
bomb weighing 100 pounds, on a chat: 
eau, the local Germans headquarters, 


be sure of the move in the west, with 
Germany in a very tight box, her figal 
struggles close at hand, and the peace 
of the world not far off. 


Children Given War Names 


Many Babies Are Now Getting Names 
; From the Wer 

Lusitania Hepplethwaite is the 
name of a healthy baby girl who has 
just been christencd in England, says 
the Montreal Star, Lusitania’s fathcr, 
according to the information, is a 
seaman, who, at the beginning of the 
war, belonged to the crew of one of 
the fishing trawlers which were tor- 
pedoed by a U-boat. He wanted to 
give his child an oppropriate name, ; 
but it was impossible to take the 
name of his old ship, which was ‘‘The}| 
Three S'sters of Yarmouth.” §So the} 
child was callec Lusitania. 

Hundreds of children have received | 
names derived from popular war he- 
roes not only in England, but in Can-| 
ada. } 

Nameg such as Kitchener, French, | 
Joffre, Louvain, Mons, Marne, etc.,| 
are quite common, But there are 
others somewhat more freakish than 
that. | 

For instance, “Shrapnel.” Shrapnel 
is a boy, the gon of a Calgary private, 
who was badly wounded in the second 
battle of Ypres. The full name of the 
Calgarian child is Shrapnel Ypres! 
Jenkins—S. Y. Jenkins for short. 

Twins in Manchester have been giv- | 
en the names of Reginald Ally Mona- 
ghan and William Ally Moncghan, re- 
spectively. The Entente Cordiale is 
likely to remain firmly between them, 

“Trench” Anderson is a son of a 
soldier. Trench’s father lived ina 
trench for months. On cold and bit 
ter nights he thought of his old home 
in Scotland and of his present home In 
Flanders. When he was sent to the 
hospital with a sniper’s bullet through 
his chest he wrote to his wife to call 
their first-born Trench. 

A mother in Point St. Charles has 
named her boy “Langemarcg.” An- 
other, in the east end, has a girl 
named “Marie Joffrine.” 

Montreal has no birth registration 
system, and it is difficult to trace the 
names which have been given since 
the war broke out. The ones men- 
tioned are but a few of many. The 
Belgian and Russian children have 
been given patriotic names; so have 
the Germans, How proud is the lad 
who will go through lif; as “Von 
Hindenberg,” “Mackenzen Schmidt,” 
or “Kluck Tirpitz Zimmerman?” 


B.C. May Go Into Shipbuilding 

That the province of British Colum- 
bia should get into the ship owning 
business with a view of developing the 
natural resources .f thig country, in- 
creasing its export trade and making 
itg products known to all the world is 
the suggestion made by Mr. Hugh Mc- 
Lean, an old time resident of Van- 
couver, and who has placcd his scheme 
b-fore the goverament, 

Mr. McLean has carefully studied 
the lumber trade of British Columbia 
and has come to the conclusion that 
British Columbia lumber is not get- 
ting fair recognition in the markets 
of the world. He also believes that 
the province is wealthy enough in 
natural resources to justify the gov- 
ernment in making a bold experiment 
in the way of government owned and 
,managed ships to carry our products. 


molished. The airman asserts that 


than the same weight of dynamite. 
The professor is now directing the 
manufacture of these bombs, which 
have contributed largely io the suc- 
cess of the recent raids by Frerch air- 
men. 


American Tourist Traffic 


Wil! Prove the Best Kind of Acvertis- 
ing for Canada 

The annual report of the Canadian 
Pacific Railway Company proves that 
Canada has received during the past 
twelve montis unprecedented atten- 
tion from American tourists. Part of 
this traffic came to Canada, no doubt, 
because of tne uncertainty or impos- 
sibility of European travel at present, 
and part was due to the desire of 
those bound for the Panama-Pacific 
exposition at San Francisco to enjoy 
as lengthy and as attractive a trip as 
possible. 

A trip through 


the Canadian West 


is an education for foreign tourists, 
|as it is an inspiration for Canadians. 
Canada contains in the unrivalled 
|/scenery of the Rockies an asset cap 
able of catching the interest and the 
imagination of all who see it, while a 
trip through the grain belt is an en- 
lightened experience as well. If, as is 
jestimated, fifty thousa d American 
visitors have enjoyed this experience 
during the past year, Canada has a 


new and powerful advertising force at 
play today in the United States. 
All this means a step forward in the 


country’s growth and strength. The 
American people, being largely otf 
Anglo-Saxon stock are welcome set 


tlers in Canada, Since the war began, 
they have been paying unusual atten- 
| tion to this nation because of her par 
ticipation in the conflict, and the ex- 
ample given by the sturdy Canadians 
on the battlefield is constantly held 
up to Americans by such men as Theo- 
dore Roosevelt. The kind of Ameri- 
cans Canada is attracting as settlers 


now is the kind Canada wants most. 
Advertising has done much for this 
country, but VLanada’s resources and 


possibilities have never been over ad- 
vertised. It is satisfactory to know 
that, even while the nation is at war, 
her growth in population and wealth is 
keeping up in a satisfactory manner, 
The American tourist traffic is one of 
the most attractive in the world, and if 
Canada can retain it in succeeding 
years, the country will benefit mater- 
fally as a result.—Montreal Mail. 


$1,000 Per Ton For Copper in Germany 
Over $1,000 per*ton is now being 
paid by the German government to 
householders and others who bring 
copper objects to the metal collecting 
depots. This compares with a price 
of $360 per ton recently qucted on the 
London market for copper in bulk, 
The London Daily Express appeals 
to the British government to inaugur- 
ate a campaign like that in Germany 
for the collection of. useless house- 
hold articles of coppér, tin and zine, 
which are needed for the conduct of 
the war. It declares that more than 
five million dollars’ worth of material 
of this character is going to waste in 
attics, storerooms and workshops 
which people would willingly part with 
if they knew the material would be 
turned into shells and cartridges, 


When the smoke cleared away he saw 
the chateau had been practically de- 


the bomb is tenfold more destructive 


gium in 1913 that we should not lané 
troops in that country except in ths 
case of violation of its territory by 
another power, Assurance was not 
only given to the Belgian minister 
but Sir F. Villiers gave sir Kdward 
Grey’s record of it to the Beigian 
government at the time. The assur 
ance appeared in the collected diplo 
matic documents. Why is it doubted? 
It is because the Germans have not 
allowed the reproduction of the 
document, which is so damning te 
their case. 

“Third—The final interview be 
tween Sir Edward Grey and Prince 
Lichnowsky (German ambassador ag 
London). This interview, purely prt 
vate, was held at a private house and 
no record was made of it. But Sir 
©. Grey is certain that he never made 
the statement quoted by the North 
German Gazctte with regard to the 
decisive factor in Great Britain’s par 
ticipation in the war, nor did he 
speak of mediation in favor of Ger- 
many. If need be, a fuller ste’ement 
will be made in parliament on the 
subject. 

“Fourth—The immediate cause of 
this war was the dispute between 
Austria and Serbia, which then turn 
ed into a dispute between Austria 
and Russia. Yet it is worthy of note 
that it was Germany who declared 
war against Russia and France. The 
Austrian ambassador remained in 
Petrograd after the German ambas- 
sador left. Germany declared war 
on Russia on Avgust 1 and Austria 
on August 6, 1914.”’ 


‘The Part Played 
By the Dominion 


Canada Is Not Unduly Feeling the War 
Burden 

Sir George Fos‘er, minister of trade 
and commerce in the Canadian cabb 
net, in an interview, says: 

“One hundred and fifty thousand 
Canadians are on the battle line ia 
Burope or being recruited and trained 
| for the war.” This statement is the 
|tirst official annouoncement concern- 
ing the contribution of men Canada 
hag made tu the alucs. 

“Up to the present time Canada has 
trained over sevent; thousand men 
and sent them to the ivont or base 
stations in Europe for further ide 
ing, “Sir George continued. 


if 
occasion demands Canada can in- 
crease still further her assistance, 
Canada does this not simply to help 
|the Mother country, but because the 


Dominion is part of the empire and 
Shares its: ideals and perils equally. 
“Altogether it is probable that out 


of this co-operation in the struggle 


for existence of the British empire 
relations between the Overseas Do 
minions and the Mother Country will 
become closer than ever. What 
methods of organization will be need- 


ed to bring this about and give it ar 
ticulate form are not worth while dis 
cussing now. That will remain for 
after consideration, 


“Canada is not unduly feeling the 


burden of war, owing mainly to our 
arge agricultural resources, and for 
the surplus of which the call is con 
tinuously and insistent, but whatever 
burdens Canada may be required to 


bear as a consequence of the prese it 
conditions, che will bear cherfully 
and without murmuring.” 


Phosphates of Lime Depos' 'y 
A Valuable Discovery is Made in the 
National Park at Banff 
Frank D. Adams, Ph. D., dean of the 
faculty of applied science at McG 

university, reports a valuable disc: 
ery of phosphate of lime made in the 
Banff National park by him, in com 
pany witn W. J. Dick, mining enginees 
of the comnfission of conservatiow 
The discovery may have a far react 
ing effect on the grain growing indw: 
try of Canada, in view of this sub 
Stance being the best know: fertilizer 
Its special vaiue to western Canada [s 
that it is practically the only thing that 
can be used to ke up the fertility 
of a soil that is being continually crop 
ped. 

The two men were sent out to look 


for phosphate of lime, following re 
cent discoveries in the stutes «' 
|Idaho, Utah, Wyom.ng and Montana 


| they believed tuat sucuid the Kocky 
|Mountaing of Canada contain similar 
geological formations ag the locals 
ties where the lime had been dis 
|} covered they would also find deposits 
| of the lime. 

This proved to be the case. They 
went to Montana, examining the de 
posits near Butte, then passed inte 
| Canada, investigating the strata of 
|} the mountains in the North Kootenay 
pass, the Crow’s Nest pass and the 
Banff National park. In the park 
they found the desired geologics 
horizon, and eventually the lime. 

Dr. Adams thinks the lime exists 
there in commercia] quar ities. There 
is no other known deposits along 
the north shore of the Ottawa river 
It appears only on the eastern slope 
of the Rockies, where the rocks are 
carbonaceous, 

Another interesting discovery made 
was the existence of three hitherte 
jumrecorded coal seams near the 
summit of the South Kootanzy pasn 
The geologists have reported to thea 
commission of conservation and a 
statement will likely pe issued 
shortly, 


Let Ontario Give Thanks 

There is in some quarters of Ontario 
loud complaint about the damage done 
to the crops by bad weather of late 
Let any man who kicks about the dam 
age done to crops just think for tee 
minutes about Belgium or Poland and 
then thank heaven that it is only his 
crops that are damaged.—Brockville 
Times. 


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MIRROR, ALTA,, OCT. 29, 1915 


The Department of Extension 
of the University of Alberta has 
now 100 travelling libraries in 
the field, During the past sum- 


mer about thirteen hundred 
new volumes have been added 
to this department, but not- 
withstanding this large addi- 
tion, practically every available 
library is already taken up, and 
fresh applications are being re- 
ceived continually. If the pop- 
ularity of this phase of the De- 
partment’s work is any indica- 
tion of its value, the travelling 
libraries are supplying a deeply 
felt need in the rural commun- 
ities throughout the Province. 

‘The big game season opens on 
coutinues 
1914 
reports shows that during that 


killed: 2,335 


November Ist and 


until December Mth. In 


year there was 


SRA SNe gi: 
et ae 


THE JOURNAL, MIRROR, ALBERTA 


submitted by many big British|8.00 A, M. the second morning, 
engravers and publishers and/in other words passengers going 
has selected admirable likeness-| from Winnipeg to Calgary will 
es of their majesties for distri-| be on the road but one business 


bution in the schools, 
der for the supply, which will 


The or-| day only. 


aggregate about 2,000 copies of | leave Calgary at 10.00 P.M. and 
each engraving, Will be placed | Saskatoon 8.30 P, M. 


at once and the pictures will be 


ready for distribution at on| Railway also 


early date. 


the department that the pres-|a daily service will be inaugtr- 
entisa most opportune time] urated between Edmonton and 
to place the pictures in tle) Calgary,leaving the latter point 
schools, particularly in’ those] at 1©.°0 P.M. and arriving at 
with a large percentage of pu-!s.00 A, M, 


pils of foreign birth or extrac-|be of electrio lighted sleeper'| 


THE G. T. P. SERVICE 
The Pe AN Pacific 


Railway are very pleased to 
announce to the travelling pub- 
lic that they have, commencing 
with October 3rd, 1915, inaug- 
urated a passenger service be-! 
Saskatoon, 


tween Winnipeg, 


Edmonton and Calgary. 

This train will run daily, and 
a through electric lighted stan- 
dard sleeper will be operated 
between Winnipeg, Saskatoon, 
Edmonton and Calgary, and 
will also have first class eleetric 
lighted cars between 
Camrose, Trochu, Alix, Mirror 
and all points in the Prairie 
Provinces. 

Westbound trains will leave 
Winnipeg 6.00 P. M., Saskatoon 


HONOR ROLL 
OF MIRROR’S 


moose, 78 caribou, 78 sheep, 61 
goats, and 1,318 deer, not includ- 
ing those killed by residents in 
the northern districts, for their 
own use. 
The 


(Canada) has decided to go into 


Price-Jones Company 
voluntary liquidation, and has 
culled «a meeting of creditors 
says a London, England, des- 
patch, Price-Jones company 
operate a store in Calgary, wh- 
ish was opened in 1910, 
Portraits of King George and 
Queen Mary will be distributed 
to every school in the Province 
of Alberta by the Department 
Hon, John R. 


Boyle, Minister of Education, 


of Edueation. 


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The Grand Trunk Pacific Np bert Noho ve 1 i uppers cn - 
wishes to an. Yo@ sand y Soh et land In Weete 20) 29 
It is considered Ly|nounce that effective as above Secs sian oanatnn Worn Briss 30 6 
for farm lande with ie nfall— 30. 
Gineisentereremeee (2 20 
Fatereuluine stecupteetasaraieg (1 30 
repayable in years — interest $ 
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by getting adjoining tand, or secure 
f friends ae neighbors. Forlitera- | {) 30 
Consist of train gt dri Bo emg ees © 11 31 
eS cnmamen. Srl gure of tmee [11 Bl 
CALGARY + + + = «= ALBERTA 
with eleetrie Tights im both} : 37 
lower and upper berths, and “a i 
electric lighted coaches. 24 39 
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A nasty accident oecurred on} DRY OR GREEN — Dry in 17 40 
Wednesday. A well known | Stove Lengths at $2.75 a double ne 42 
box load, Terms CasH, Or-| 15 42 
young man named W. Ardley) ders may be left at Thomas’| 19 42 
who lives North West of Mir-| Store, Mirror, or see 14 44 
vor, Was roping some horses at|R. BOWCOTT - MIRROR] 15 44 
Jumes MeLaren’s farin, and| 3 45 
‘ 7 45 
ERE AGED FIRMS Ba Te PE SIO IR ER ES MR IRE SEES BE 47 
NOTICE-Sale of Property for Taxes*, * 
19 49 
NOTICE is hereby given that the following lots situated | 29 49 
in the Townsite of Lamerton, and the Village of Mirror, Alber-| 1 50 
ta, will be offered for sale for arrears of Taxes and Costs, at} 2 50 
public auction, on MONDAY, the [sth DAY OF NOVEMBER, | 18 50 
at the hour of One O'clock in the afternoon, at the Town Hail, | 7 52 
Mirror, Alberta. No bids will be accepted unless at or more | 3 53 
than the amount appearing against the property in each case. | 4 53 
TERMS: Cash at time of purchase. Any further information | 17 54 
may be obtained upon application at the office of the Secretary- | 18 57 
Treasurer, Dated at Mirror, Alberta, this 9th day of October, | 29 57 
A.D. I915. W. J. GOOD, Secretary-Treasurer, 26 57 
Following is a list of the Lots : { 61 
LOT BLOCK PLAN ARREARS COSTS TOTAL | 5 61 
2 1 7159 A. $27.62 $1. $28.62 | 6 61 
23 1 ik 29.20 1. 30.20 | 7 61 
18 2 e 27.54 I 28.54 | 8 61 
3 4 st 20.14 1 21.14] 19 62 
5 4 “ 17.46 1 18,46) 11 63 
14 4 20.14 1 21.14| 4 64 
15 4 20.14 1 21.14| 7 64 
3 5 te 10.98 1 11,98] 8 64 
10 5 as 15.16 1 16.16) 14 64 
11 5 Fe 7.80 1 8.80 | 13 65 
18 6 < 4.52 1 5,52] 17 65 
19 6 H 9.45 1 10.45/18 65 
5 12 fs 20.14 I 21,14 | 20 65 
l4 12 $s 17.22 e 18.22 | 22 65 
t 13 te 13.64 1 14.64) 7 66 
11 13 as 13.88 1 14.88 | 17 66 
12 13 as 11.58 1 12.58 | 12 67 
17 14 a 5.57 i 6.57 | 15 68 
7 15 ‘ 16.98 1 17.98 | 7 69 
8 15 ‘ 16.98 1 17.98 | 9 69 
5 17 is 30.10 I 31.10) 18 69 
8 17 41.46 I 42.46) 15 71 
) 17 m 42.13 I 43.13 | 2 72 
5 18 37.44 I 38.44 | 3 72 
6 18 % 36.77 I 37.77| 8 72 
3 20 “ 20.14 I 21.14/17 72 
8 20 17.45 I 18.45 | 18 eo 
19 20 16.98 I 17.98 | 9 73 
10 73 
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4 74 
13 74 
17 74 
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| 14 77 
15 77 
16 77 
17 77 
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Ready - Made Clothes |fi» =z 
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All Sizes; Satisfaction Guaranteed ; See Us 2 82 
12 88 
115 88 
A. THOMAS & SON {ff 26 89 
(3 90 
IMPERIAL HOTEL |f;; 4 
19 99 
HEAGLE BROS., Props. 20 99 
First-class Accommodation to Trvvellers 26 105 
MR. FARMER \2 106 
When in town call and get your meals l I 
with us and enjoy the free acecommoda- 28 I 
tion we offer you, 30 I 
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“ 6.72 I. 7.72 
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“ 23.30 I, 24.30 
“ 23.54 1, 24.54 
“ 23.20 I, 24.20 
“ 27.77 1. 28.77 
“ 17.46 1. 18.46 
“ 17.46 I. 18.46 
“ 7.80 I. 8.80 
“ 13.95 I. 14.95 
“ 11.59 1 12.59 
“ 11.59 L 12.59 
“ 13.95 I, 14.95 
“ 11.27 1. 12.27 
“ 11,27 I, 12.27 
“ 19.40 1, 20.40 
“ 20.39 I. 21.39 
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“ 7.33 I. 8.33 
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“ 12.05 I. 13.05 
5 7.50 I. 8.50 
“ 13.71 I. 14.71 
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“ 13.71 I. 14.71 
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4 13.71 I. 14,71 
“ 13.71 1B 14.71 
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# 13.26 L 14.26 
“ 12.94 I. 13.94 
0 7.80 I, 8.80 
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“ 13.71 I. 14.71 
“ 7.50 I. 8.50 
of 8.30 a 9.30 
" 7.50 I. 8.50 
“ 13.71 1. 14,71 
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“ 6.00 lL 7.00 
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“ 3.76 I 4.75 
“ 3.76 L 4.76 
“ 3.76 I. 4.76 
at 33.92 5.50 39,42 
ca 3,85 I, 4.85 
“ 8.62 1. 9.62 
“ 3.76 1. 4.76 
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